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Papers Presented To The Ixth International Congress Of Anthropological And Ethnological Science, Chicago, 1973. Introduction / Agehananda Bharati -- Spirit Possession Belief And Social Structure / Erika Gourguignon -- Pastoral Images And Values In Southwest Donegal / Eugenia S. Cramer -- Ritual And Religions: An Ethologically Oriented Formal Analysis / Alice B. Kehoe -- The World/nonworld Dichotomy / Jacques Maquet -- Rituals Of Community In An American Religious Youth Group Meeting / E.h. Sciog -- Techniques Of Control In The Esoteric Traditions Of India And Tibet / Agehananda Bharati -- Suffering As A Religious Imperative In Afghanistan / Robert L. Canfield -- New Approaches To Religious Ethnology, Especially In Austria: Main Theses / Alois Closs -- Religion And Ecology Among The Great Basin Indians / Åke Hultkrantz -- Hindu Ritual Idiom: Cosmic Perspective And Basic Orientations / Samarendra Saraf -- A Descriptive Analysis Of The Content Of Nepalese Buddhist Pūjās As A Medical-cultural System With References To Tibetan Parallels / William Stablein -- Shamanism And World View: The Case Of The Ainu Of The North-west Coast Of Southern Sakhalin / Emiko Ohnuki-tierney -- Rituals Of Reversal As A Means Of Rewiring Social Structure / Evon Z. Vogt -- The Place Of The Cactus Wine Ritual In The Papago Indian Ecosystem / Jack O. Waddell -- The Violation Of Taboo And Magical Power / Laura Makarius -- A Rjonga Curing Ritual: A Causal And Motivational Analysis / Martha B. Morris -- Synoptic Comments On Religion, Ethos, And Science In American Culture / George J. Jennings -- In Search Of The Miraculous At Zuni / Dennis Tedlock -- Signs And Symbols In Israeli Electioneering / Shlomo Deshen -- Inward-looking And Outward-looking Symbols / Grace Harris -- Crosses And Souls / Alicja Iwánska -- Dreams As Charismatic Significants: Their Bearing On The Rise Of New Religious Movements / Vittorio Lanternari -- Moon And Reincarnation: Anthropogenesis As Imagined By The Surára And Pakidái Indians Of Northwestern Brazil / Hans Becher -- Creative Process In Ritual Art: Piaroa Indians, Venezuela / Lajos Boglár -- Ritual Poetry: Ceremonial Songs In Eastern Europe / Tekla Dömötör -- Krou Popular Traditions In The Ivory Coast / B. Holas -- Religious Practices Of A Mysore Village / N.k. Kadetotad -- A Multiple Burial Custom Of Korea: Ch'obun / Du-hyun Lee -- Permanence Of Traditional Rites In The Tunisian Marriage Ceremony Today: An Interpretational Approach / A. Louis -- Aquatic Rites In The Danube Straits At The Iron Gates / Ioana Ionescu-milcu -- Folk Medicine In A Settlement Of The Székely People In The Southern Banat Region Of Yugoslavia / Olga Penavin -- Belief And Cult In Human Prehistory / Franciszek M. Rosiński -- Animal Sacrifices In The Balkans / Anca Stahl -- The Mystery Play And The Carnival / G.g. Stratanovich -- Mythic Elements Of Petroglyph Sites In The Upper Ohio Valley / James L. Swauger -- Family Religion In Japan: The Ie And Its Religious Faith / Choshu Takeda -- Relics Of Paganism Among The Baltic Peoples After The Introduction Of Christianity / J.m. Jurginis -- Epilogue / Samarendra Saraf. Editor Agehananda Bharati. Includes Bibliographies And Indexes.